Please Chance!!! Need advice!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me at Northwestern, Duke, Georgetown, and UMich
Asian/male
GPA W:4.5
GPA UW: 3.51
ACT: 33
SAT: Haven't taken yet
APs: Physics B, Microeconomics, Stats, Language and Composition. Taking Chem psych and calc next year.
School doesn't do class rank.</p>

<p>I know my GPA is really low, but i go to the number one school in illinois, it super competitive and all classes are honors/AP except for PE.</p>

<p>EC: 4 years varsity wrestling captain since soph. year
-Muslim Student Association Public Relations officer
-JV tennis 4 years
-Varsity Chess 2 years
-Project ARC (5 of my friends and I started our own official non-profit)
-About 50 hours of service learning should halve another 50 by next year.
Spent nearly 10 years volunteering with Dar-Us-Sunnah community center. (We built the first mosque in the city of Evanston.)
-World Sport Chicago Scholar
-Junior and Senior Leaders Program</p>

<p>Thanks ! I'm going to apply early decision to Northwestern
Anything i can do to better my app?</p>

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<p>Georgetown is certainly a reach. But you’ll probably be okay for NW. Good luck.</p>

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<p>There is a thread that was in the ‘chance’ forum yesterday (so is probably down a page or two) called “top colleges ranked by difficulty of admissions” that uses IES admission statatics to give you a more objective gauge of the difficulty of admissions relative to selectivity.</p>

<p>I am not sure of JumpingJulias credentials and knowledge of Georgetown or Northwestern University but the avg SAT and ACT scores of applicants accepted at Northwestern are higher than Georgetown. They have almost identical and daunting rates of admission and about the same as Duke:both about 19% according to an article about NU that was in Barron’s last week (my daughter is also looking at these schools).</p>

<p>So in my opinion, you would actually have an easier chance of being accepted at Georgetown than you do at Northwestern. Duke would likely be just as difficult as Northwestern, with the U of Michigan less so (but still a challenge). But you should certainly apply to all of the schools if ED doesnt work out for you. Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>i think michigan could be good, but georgetown and duke are reaches and northwestern is a pretty high reach. but that doesnt mean theres no chance, you can definitely still get into these schools! :slight_smile:
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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I think you have good chances for early decision at northwestern, your Ecs are great!
Best of Luck to you!</p>

<p>chance me back please
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<p>“There is a thread that was in the ‘chance’ forum yesterday (so is probably down a page or two) called “top colleges ranked by difficulty of admissions” that uses IES admission statatics to give you a more objective gauge of the difficulty of admissions relative to selectivity.”</p>

<p>The particular formula used was chosen by a high school student, i.e., no college experience.</p>

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<p>Knowledgable folks have been trying to do this for years. It’s just a caution to readers.</p>